Passion for making all aspects of English accessible and fun for special needs students of all levels. Lover of Colourful semantics as a teaching tool to teach writing composition at all levels. Follow me on instagram for additional ideas.
Passion for making all aspects of English accessible and fun for special needs students of all levels. Lover of Colourful semantics as a teaching tool to teach writing composition at all levels. Follow me on instagram for additional ideas.
Interactive PowerPoint
Read the clues to decide what job the description relates to.
Click and drag the correct person into the box.
Interactive book with easy to read clues.
10 Worksheets with diverse character cliparts for each job.
Fully symbol supported text.
JOB INCLUDES:
Builder
Chef
Dentist
Doctor
Farmer
Firefighter
Nurse
Pilot
Police
Postman
Widgit Symbols used with permission
Develop writing and composition skills, by building sentences to say what people are feeling.
3 levels of worksheets:
Level 1: 1 key word sentence - What emotion? (e.g “sad”)
Level 2: 2 Key word sentence .- who? + what emotion? (e.g "the boy is sad"
Level 3: 3 Key work sentence - who? + what doing + what emotion? (e.g “The boy is feeling sad”
4 picture cards at each level
32 picture cards in total.
Full colour and white background worksheets and symbols.
Worksheets are accessible for writers and non-writers
Includes information on how to use the Colourful Semantics system.
Digital Interactive PowerPoint presentation.
Build Sentences using Colourful Semantics to say what the people are doing in each leisure time activity.
3 Key word sentences using “Who?” “is doing?” and “what?” questions to build the sentences.
Click on the correct answer to progress to the next slide. Click on the wrong answer and get taken to a try again screen.
Use on a desktop or download the PowerPoint app to use on a tablet.
*NOTE: This Powerpoint is READ ONLY and cannot be modified.
WHAT IS COLOURFUL SEMANTICS?
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
INFORMATION PAGE ON HOW TO USE COLOURFUL SEMANTICS INCLUDED IN THE PACK
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure.
Widgit Symbols used with permission
Develop writing and composition skills, by building sentences to say what people are buying.
2 levels of worksheets:
Level 1: 3 key word sentence with ONE object to identify
Level 2: 4 key word sentence with TWO objects to identify.
12 double object shopping cart pictures
24 single object shopping cart pictures
Full colour and white background worksheets and symbols.
Worksheets are accessible for writers and non-writers
Includes information on how to use the Colourful Semantics system.
*Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets/taskcards are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills.
Different leisure time worksheets and task cards to comment on using symbol supported colourful semantics sentence building. Real photos and clipart versions of each activity for students to comment on familiar situations and activities.
NO PREP worksheets: Circle the correct word in each part of the sentence to build a sentence.
Bonus task cards: Cut, laminate, circle with dry erase pens and wipe clean. Perfect for task boxes and independent work stations.
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure.
Widgit symbols used with permission
Develop writing and composition skills, by building sentences to say describe modes of transport, their action and place. UK and US spelling of colour/color included on separate worksheets.
3 levels of worksheets:
2 KEY WORD: WHAT? (noun/type of transport) WHERE? (place)
3 KEY WORD: WHAT? IS DOING? (Verb, how the transport moves) WHERE?
4 KEY WORD: COLOUR/COLOR?, WHAT? IS DOING? WHERE?
11 simple and bright clipart picture to comment on.
Full colour and white background worksheets and symbols.
1 and 2 picture per page worksheets
Worksheets are accessible for writers and non-writers
Includes information on how to use the Colourful Semantics system.
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure
A fun individual or group activity based on looking at items in a suitcase to decide where people are travelling to. Reading skills available with and without symbols. Colourful semantics approach for composing and building sentences.
3 levels of reading skills.
Level 1 - 2 key word sentences + symbols x 12 sentence strips.
Level 2 - 3 key word sentences + symbols x 48 sentence strips.
Level - 3 key word sentences, text only x 48 sentence strips.
2 levels of sentence building skills using colourful semantics
Level 1: individual key words + symbols
Level 2: individual key words, text only.
Make inferences based on suitcase items, or decide what items need to go in the suitcase based on the holiday destination.
Use colourful semantics to describe everyday objects, using size, colour/color and object.
NO PREP worksheets: Circle the correct word in each part of the sentence to build a sentence.
Each object comes in at least 3 colours and two sizes.
64 task cards cards for objects of different size and color
UK and US versions [colour/color] included in folder.
Colorful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colorful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills.
Wigit Symbols used with permission
Compose sentences to say where the animals are using colourful semantics.
No prep worksheets - circle the correct answer then read the sentence back.
Task cards: laminate, circle, wipe dry. Perfect for independent and table work tasks.
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure.
“I have…who has…” loop cards of 6 categories. Fun and engaging speaking and listening activity. Great way of developing core vocabulary.
2 levels of cards
WITH WRITTEN NAMES OF OBJECTS- students read the sentence and use the picture to say what they have and ask the next question.
WITHOUT WRITTEN NAMES: Students develop vocabulary knowledge by having to fill in the end of the sentence using the picture cue.
5 categories
Transport
Sport
Fruit
Vegetables
Clothes
Animals
12 cards for each category. 144 cards in total
Use colourful semantics to describe everyday objects, using size, colour and object. Compose 3 key words sentences.
34 task cards and matching writing cards for objects of different size and colour.
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets/taskcards are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills.
These task cards have been developed as multi use learning tools. They teach key preposition words of before and after.
pictures/symbols depict everyday situations familiar to students.
the task cards double as interactive visual timetables to explain order of events.
task cards can also be used as simple social stories to explains that certain events have to happen before or after another.
2 SETS OF TASK CARDS
Velcro, choose and stick options
Clothes peg correct symbol
2 LEVELS OF TASK CARDS
task cards come as both clipart and simple symbol options
clipart easy to understand situations to help with reading
simple symbol task cards encourage slightly higher reading and deduction skills.
Worksheets designed to encourage independent writing on topics of interest, using the colourful semantics approach and vocabulary support boards.
Have students build full sentences around things they like and don’t like.
8 topics to choose from:
Animals
Colours
Food
Movies
Sport
Technology
Transport
Weather
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure.
3 set of matching task cards to learn emotions. 8 emotions with 4 pictures for each emotion.
Set 1
Picture to symbol matching
Set 2
Symbol to symbol matching
Set 3
Word to picture or symbol matching
Clip cards
8 emotions with 4 pictures each
Clip cards have 3 word options to choose from.
This product can be used as individual task cards or make into an interactive book.
KEY VOCABULARY
Learn key vocabulary for furniture and rooms in the house
Learn prepositions: in, at, on
1ST PERSON WRITING:
Neutral silhouette images of people to encourage students to compose sentences in 1st person. Option to sticks students pictures on the worksheets.
2 LEVELS OF SENTENCE BUILDING:
Level 1: Who? is doing? Where?
preposition word is embedded within the location.
Level 2: Who? is doing? Where? What?
preposition word is own exclusive part of the sentence.
USING COLOURFUL SEMANTICS TO WRITE:
Colorful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colorful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets/taskcards are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills.
This bundle includes:
Transport writing - using colourful semantics
3 levels of worksheets: 2 KEY WORD: WHAT? (noun/type of transport) WHERE? (place) 3 KEY WORD: WHAT? IS DOING? (Verb, how the transport moves) WHERE? 4 KEY WORD: COLOUR/COLOR?, WHAT? IS DOING? WHERE? 11 simple and bright clipart picture to comment on. Full colour and white background worksheets and symbols. 1 and 2 picture per page worksheets Worksheets are accessible for writers and non-writers
Describing transport - interactive books/task cards using colourful semantics
These sheets are designed to be turned into interactive books or used as task cards.
BONUS activities exclusive to bundle:
Vocabulary building task cards.
Includes:
symbol to symbol matching
picture to picture matching
picture to symbol matching
clip cards reading activity
Get students identifying different emotions and commenting on people’s emotions. This activity can be made into interactive books or used as task cards.
2 levels of sentence building:
LEVEL 1: emotion.
LEVEL 2: Person + emotions
8 emotions
-Happy
-Sad
-Angry
-Confused
-Excited
-Scared
-Bored
-Tired
4 pictures cards for each emotion. 32 pages per level.
Title pages supplied for each emotion, as well as general “My Emotions Books” title page.
Create different type of books.
Create each different emotion book with 4 pages per book. OR
Mix the emotions together in a book, to have students identifying different style.
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure.
Worksheets with 5 various sentences structures. + options to create own sentence strips.
36 pictures to use as writing prompts. Pictures are of various situations, cultural groups and include both single people and groups of people to write about.
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
Use colourful semantics to describe where the Easter Bunny is in relation to different objects.
Build you own sentence worksheets and NO PREP circle to answer worksheets.
PLUS Make a scene, reading comprehension.
Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of:
•Spoken sentences
•Answering W/H questions
•Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives
•Story telling skills
•Written sentences and language comprehension
Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.
These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure
This tasty bundle is full of wonderful Easter egg related activities at a huge discount!
Includes:
No prep prepositions using colourful semantics.
Interactive Easter Egg counting book - numbers up to 10
Make a scene - reading comprehension
Easter Egg Hunt interactive flip and find board with 3 levels of comprehension reading pages.
Where are the Easter Eggs hiding? Interactive flip and find board and 2 levels of colourful semantics worksheets.
Describe the Easter Egg using colourful semantics.
worksheets include both UK and US spellings
Widgit Symbols used with permission